Protecting yourself against the Covid-19
The World Health ­Organisation has issued the following advice for those who could be in ­contact with infected people or in an area hit by the virus.

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Coronavirus death toll passes 1,500 in mainland China
The death toll from a strain of coronavirus & also known as Covid-19 & in mainland China has passed 1,500 after health authorities reported another 143 deaths early on Saturday morning.

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An elderly Chinese man has died from coronavirus, the first fatality from the infection in Europe.

The 80-year-old tourist died from a lung infection at Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital in northern Paris.

First coronavirus death in Europe confirmed in France
Image:The man died at Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital in northern Paris

French Health Minister Agnes Buzyn confirmed the death - which marks Europe's

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Hundreds of demonstrators have demanded action from the Mexican government after the latest murder of a young woman in the country.

An average of 10 women are murdered in Mexico every day but the protests were sparked by the particularly grisly killing of 25-year-old Ingrid Escamilla in Mexico City.

Ms Escamilla was found dead by officers at an

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'Technosignatures' could help in search for alien life'Technosignatures' could help in search for alien life

Scientists are developing techniques to detect signatures from space in their search for alien life.

The Very Large Array (VLA) telescope, at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NARO) site in Socorro, New Mexico, will be used to constantly seek evidence of technosignatures.

A technosignature is a proxy for the existence of a technologically

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The United Nations has warned if the locust swarms spreading across East Africa are not stopped now it could affect millions of people and cost more than $1bn (£766.5m).

In a stark warning to the world's governments, the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) said it will be vastly more cost effective to raise the $76m (£59m) needed to stop the swarms now

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